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…In Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, dramatic irony is often present in Oedipus’ long speeches. Oedipus constantly sees things incorrectly, and is in denial that he has, in fact, killed his father and married his mother. This is first apparent when he demands…

…, Demeter, Hera, Poseiden and Hades were born, Cornos thought one of his children were going to kill him, therefore he swallowed his children. When Zeus was born his mother put a rock in a blanket and instead Cronos swallowed the rock. When Zeus grew up he…

…“If they catch thee they will murder thee.” They both know that they will be an enormous amount of trouble. When Tybalt killed Mercutio Romeo then killed Tybalt, which created trouble for Romeo and Juliet. Juliet started to question her love for Romeo. She didn’t…

…and so that everyone will not continue to commit crimes because they know that they will have to pay for their actions. One of these forms of punishment is capital punishment where a person is sentenced to death. In most cases it is when the wrongdoer kills…

…The Riddle of Doom Sophocles "Oedipus the King" is a tragic play which discusses the tragic discovery of Oedipus that he has killed his father and married his mother. The story of Oedipus was well known to the Athenian's. Oedipus…

…all the attention and so they plotted a scheme to get rid of Joseph by killing him. Rather than killing Joseph, they sought profit in him. The brothers acted selfishly and so they betray him by selling him to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver…

…for their answers. Macbeth takes the witches' advice as an invitation to kill Duncan in order to uphold the position of king. However, Macbeth is too afraid to do it until his wife, Lady Macbeth, who plays a more masculine role then Macbeth himself, coaxes him to kill…

…Is evil really responsible or is the person? If a brave person overcomes fear and a coward gives in to it, what is Macbeth, who fears nothing but fear itself? Evil and power made Macbeth kill to improve his standing in life. When you look…

…trying to hunt and kill a pig. Coming from a place like England, he has not had any experience in anything like this before. He is struggling to be a hunter, because right now he still has not made his decent into primitive savagery, which becomes clearly…

…of his way to fight Grendel , killed Grendel’s mom when she stole the kings best friend and killed him, also when Beowulf was an old man and king he fought the dragon by himself with little help from his thanes. One day Beowulf heard of the monster Grendel…